Wes Moore sworn in as Maryland governor

The Krieger School alumnus is the first Black governor of Maryland and only the third Black governor in U.S. history. Wes Moore is sworn in as Maryland governor with his left hand on the Frederick Douglass Bible Johns Hopkins University alumnus Wes Moore was sworn in Wednesday as the 63rd governor of Maryland-the state's first Black governor and the nation's only current Black chief executive. Moore, 44, born and raised in Maryland and a member of the Krieger School Class of 2001, took the oath of office using two bibles: one from his grandfather, who was a minister, another that belonged to abolitionist and fellow Maryland native Frederick Douglass. The crowd gathered inside the State House in Annapolis for the first of two recitations of the oath was too excited to hold its applause til Moore had completed the words. Among those in attendance for Wednesday's festivities were outgoing Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Chelsea Clinton, and Michael Steele, a member of the Krieger School Class of 1981 who became Maryland's first Black lieutenant governor in 2003. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who spent the foundational years of her career in broadcasting in Baltimore and was a prominent supporter of Moore's campaign, introduced Moore before his speech.